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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports GOLF Ladies take the Umatilla championship PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MEGAN OLSEN Bev Miller was first net with 141 and Samantha Lindley first gross with a 166 during the 2018 Big River Ladies Club Championships. The event was held Aug. 18-19 at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER Hermiston’s Jordan Ramirez, right, prepares for a defensive drill against teammate Andrew James, left, during Wednesday’s practice at Hermiston High School. STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT KANE Kaylynn Jeffery, 14, poses with her street stock racecar. Hermiston begins practices for inaugural season in WIAA From Hometown Heroes to Young Guns Hermiston Raceway celebrates drivers young and old By ERIC SINGER STAFF WRITER A new era in Hermiston High School football officially began last week, as the Bulldogs began their first full-team practices as members of the Washing- ton Interscholastic Activi- ties Association. Last Wednesday marked the first day of sanctioned practices for WIAA mem- bers, and all kids on Herm- iston’s 2018 roster strapped on their helmets and stepped out on the Kenni- son Field turf for the first time in the morning for the first practice of the day. The Bulldogs met back on the field later in the afternoon, though that session ended indoors in the gymnasium as the smoke from North- west wildfires made the air unsafe to continue outdoors. But the Bulldogs did not let the change of scenery dampen their excitement to be back playing football as they begin preparation for their Week 1 meeting with Pasco in just 10 days. “Any time you can get a group of young men that want to get better every day, it’s an awesome thing,” Hermiston coach David Faaeteete said. As Hermiston begins its journey into a new confer- ence and a new state ath- letic association, the team will also have plenty of new faces on the field this fall. On offense, Hermiston returns only four starters overall with senior quarter- back Andrew James, senior receiver Jordan Ramirez, senior offensive lineman Jacob Liebe and junior offensive tackle Chase Bradshaw. And while the coaches feel pretty confi- dent with the new guys on the line, there are a lot of unknowns at the skill posi- By BRETT KANE STAFF WRITER It was a celebration of generations young and old at the Hermiston Raceway on Saturday night. The opening ceremo- nies included an homage to longtime Hermiston racer Ron Van Cleve, who died 13 years ago at the age of 73 after suffering a heart attack. Van Cleve’s daughter Ronda, who took her name from her father, waved a checkered flag as she took a lap around the course. Van Cleve also served as an official at the Tri-City Raceway. “He was one of a kind,” said promoter Greg Walden. “He enjoyed life and was always pleasant.” The heat races soon kicked off, led by the Ban- dolero division, which con- sists of kids between the ages of eight and 12 driving cars with 6.5 horsepower engines. Ryker Ohler — or as the announcers referred to him, the “Iceman” — swept the competition, tak- ing first place in both the division’s heat race and main event. Ohler, 10, is from Prosser, Wash., and has only been racing for a cou- ple of months. “I like driving, passing people, and going fast,” he said. Ohler wasn’t the only young racer to steal the show: Yakima driver Kay- lynn Jeffery, 14, was the only female in her street stock class, and has been racing since she was eight. STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER Hermiston head coach David Faaeteete, center, instructs his players during a drill at Wednesday’s practice at Hermiston High School. tions still to be figured out in camp. With the likes of Dayshawn Neal, Joey Guti- errez and Jonathan Hinkle lost to graduation, Hermis- ton must replace more than 2,000 receiving yards and 27 touchdowns as well as more than 2,000 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. “It’s all changed,” James said. “It’s a whole new team, a lot of younger guys, but it’s not going to stop us. We have the same coaches, the same mentality as last year and years before. We have no clue what’s in front of us, but we’re just going to try and do what we do best.” The Bulldogs have nearly just as much produc- tion to replace on the defen- sive side of the ball as well, though Faaeteete is excited to see how his kids battle things out throughout these next few weeks in camp. “We have tons of new faces,” he said. “I think I’ll know more once we finish up camp and get into that first game week, but right now we’re just trying to teach fundamentals, trying to coach them up and knock the rust off after being out for a while. Right now it’s setting our depth chart, find- ing out who our ones, twos, threes are, and building depth that way.” As preparations for the season begin, the Bulldogs will have no easy games on the schedule against their Mid-Columbia Con- ference opponents; nearly every school brings a state championship pedigree to the field. Hermiston opens the season at home against the Pasco Bulldogs, a bat- tle being dubbed the ‘Bat- tle of the Bulldogs,’ but then hits the road in Week 2 to take on the defending 4A state champion Richland Bombers. The Bulldogs then have home games against Kenne- wick (Sept. 14), Southridge (Sept. 28), Eisenhower (Oct. 12, non-league) and Kami- akin (Oct. 26), while trav- eling to Walla Walla (Sept. 21), Chiawana (Oct. 5) and Hanford (Oct. 19). “We have to play a state championship-caliber team every week in our confer- ence and that’s just how it is for us now,” Faaeteete said. “And Tri-Cities schools are going to travel well. Hun- dreds of fans each week and one school maybe even a thousand, and it’s going to be that kind of atmosphere every game at home, every game on the road, so we’re pretty excited about it. 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(7) Tracy “Snoop” Howell; 12. (5) Andrew Decker; 13. (1) Rob “Ricky Bobby” Cassano; 14. (22) Caroline Barnes; 15. (09) Malorie Whitbeck. BOMBERS 1. (123) Shade Cole; 2. (17) Kedric Preston; 3. (55) Justin Gage; 4. (N21K) Carl Leggett; 5. (2) Brian Calley. STREET STOCKS 1. (46) Terry Osborn; 2. (68) Bart Hector Jr.; 3. (28) Kaylynn Jeffery; 4. (77) Jeff Stremcha; 5. (18) Adam Baker. MINI STOCKS 1. (49) Angel Oseguera; 2. (18) Jeff Mullins; 3. (29) Andy Pierce; 4. (36) Travis Bonney. SUPER MINIS 1. (11x) Patrick Mullins; 2. (11) Chris Kohler; 3. (27) Ron Wilbur. LATE MODELS 1. (3) Ken Bonney; 2. (15) Jeff Whitbeck; 3. (7) Tom Abercrombie; 4. (37) Charles McDonald. BANDELEROS 1. (13) Ryker Ohler; 2. (77) Jordan Mul- lins; 3. (5) Brock Genz; 4. (47) Meredith Thompson. COLUMBIA RIVER LEGENDS 1. (3) Neena Kik; 2. (66) Austin Sno- dgrass; 3. (54) Trace Thompson; 4. (24) Jose Zamudio; 5. (43) Bill Kik; 6. (13) Donnie Rabbit; 7. (2) Jeff Mueller; 8. (01) Brock McDonough; 9. (10) Lloyd Bigler. 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